I miss irony and parody and reproductive freedom. I miss Princess Diana, arts funding, and the Greenland ice sheet. I miss the Village Voice, Nora Ephron, and the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. I miss sugar and gluten and spf-less sunning. I miss when TV advertised toys and shampoo instead of pills for depression and erections. I miss loving people so much that they seemed immortal. I miss wanting things so much they felt inevitable